Original Bucks County Longrifle, circa 1800-1805, attributed to John Shuler and featured in the 2016 Kentucky Rifle Association (KRA) President’s Display – “Rifles of the Upper Bucks County Style”.
This John Shuler original .50 caliber rifle is stocked in walnut with a unique design engraved on the brass patchbox and is fully incised carved throughout.
The name of John Shuler first appeared in Bucks County, Pennsylvania tax records as a gunsmith in 1800. From 1817 until his death in 1822, he lived and worked in Liverpool, located in Perry County, Pennsylvania.
